Technology >> CEO Interviews >> June 12, 2000
KEITH R. AINSWORTH is President and CEO of COM DEV International Ltd.
Mr. Ainsworth received his education at the Cambridge College of
Technology. He studied electrical and electronic engineering under the
sponsorship of Standard Telecommunications Laboratories Ltd. Until his
graduation he was employed as a Research Assistant at STL, where he
worked on advanced technologies for both commercial and military
communication systems. He then joined Pye Telecommunications as a
microwave engineer, where he was part of a team developing a new
generation of microwave links. In 1975 he emigrated to Canada to join
COM DEV. In 1977 he became Manager of Satellite Communications and, in
1983, Vice President of Satellite and Defense Programs. He was appointed
President of COM DEV in 1990 and since 1995 had overall responsibility
for developing COM DEV's non-space product businesses, particularly in
the areas of remote sensing and wireless communications. In 1998 he was
appointed Deputy Chairman of COM DEV International, and in June 1999 he
was appointed Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Ainsworth is a Member of the
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, served as Chairman
of Radarsat International, and served for five years as Vice Chair of
the Board of Governors for Conestoga College. He is married with two
children. Profile
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